Seattle’s famous 1971 billboard summed up the recession’s toll and the Boeing bust, which led to devastating unemployment in the region. The billboard was up near Sea-Tac Airport for only 15 days, but has ... more

Friends of Jimi Hendrix carry his coffin after a funeral service at Dunlop Baptist Church in Renton on Oct. 1, 1970. Pallbearers include Herbert Price, left, Hendrix' valet; Donny Howell behind Price; and Eddie ... more

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Members of the Seattle Liberation Front, an anti-war group, riot outside the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on Feb. 17, 1970, in which eight members were later indicted on riot charges. One member disappeared ... more

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Apollo 11 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969 after orbiting the moon. Writes Sweet: "NASA didn't want the press too close to the splashdown site, in case they opened the capsule door and found the men dead." Sweet had to stay on a nearby Navy ship, so he gave cameras to a military helicopter crew picking up the astronauts, asked them to take pictures, and promised that they could keep the cameras afterward. That's how Sweet got his famous splashdown pictures. Photo: Barry R. Sweet, @2012 The Associated Press, published with permission. less

Apollo 11 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969 after orbiting the moon. Writes Sweet: "NASA didn't want the press too close to the splashdown site, in case they opened the capsule door and found ... more

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President Richard Nixon jokes with the Apollo 11 crew - Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. - as they peer out from a quarantine facility on the USS Hornet. The astronauts had just ... more

Sweet took this picture of U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy running on a beach with his dog, Freckles, in Astoria, Ore. on May 24, 1968. It was reported that Kennedy later stripped down to his undies and waded in the ... more

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Sweet took this picture of U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy running on a... Photo-3366191.47958 - seattlepi.com

Seattle Seahawk Brian Bosworth makes a tackle in 1987 during his brief time in the NFL. The All-American had signed what was then the biggest rookie contract in NFL history, and then retired a few years later ... more

People stand on what's left of the Hood Canal floating bridge after it sinks on Feb. 14, 1979, less than 20 years after it was built to connect the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas. The bridge had failed during a powerful windstorm. Photo: Barry R. Sweet, @2012 The Associated Press, published with permission. less

People stand on what's left of the Hood Canal floating bridge after it sinks on Feb. 14, 1979, less than 20 years after it was built to connect the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas. The bridge had failed during a ... more

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A publicist called Sweet about a rising pop star coming to Seattle. “She wears underwear outside her clothes,” the publicist told Sweet. “’She does what!?’ I asked. Of course I went.” The Paramount ... more

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A pilot crashes his single-engine Cessna into a high-voltage transmission line over Boeing Field on April 9, 1998, causing it to hang upside down for hours while firefighters extricated him. He survived. Photo: ... more

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Early in Bill Gates’ career, Barry Sweet had some great access to him, because Gates wanted worldwide coverage. But as Microsoft grew, “the security guards and public-relations people arrived,” Sweet ... more

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Brock Adams (center), a Democratic senator from Washington, announces at a press conference in 1992 that he will not seek re-election, after eight women told The Seattle Times that Adams had harassed them. Adams denied the allegations. Photo: Barry R. Sweet, @2012 The Associated Press, published with permission. less

Brock Adams (center), a Democratic senator from Washington, announces at a press conference in 1992 that he will not seek re-election, after eight women told The Seattle Times that Adams had harassed them. ... more

The anti-Vietnam War protests were in full swing at the beginning of Sweet's career. Here, protesters march during a demonstration on Oct. 17, 1965 on the grounds of the state capitol in Madison, Wisc. Photo: ... more

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The anti-Vietnam War protests were in full swing at the beginning... Photo-3366197.47958 - seattlepi.com

Olympian swimmers Rick and Lynn Colella, of Seattle, pose for a picture in 1971. The siblings were training for the 1972 Olympic Games, where Lynn won silver in the women’s 200 meter butterfly. Rick took ... more